Gerd Wessig (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈvɛsɪç], audio; born 16 July 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) was an East German high jumper who won the...
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Sweden); Chinese record-setters Ni-chi Chin and Zhu Jianhua; Germans Gerd Wessig and Dietmar Mögenburg; Swedish Olympic medalist and former world record...
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and 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) for women, set by Yelena Slesarenko in 2004. Gerd Wessig is the only man to have set a world record in the Olympic high jump,...
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(1909–1991), German rower Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper Gerd Zimmermann (footballer) (1949–2022), German football player Gerd Zimmermann (speed...
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Mögenburg (FRG) Rehlingen, West Germany 26 May 1980 2.36 m (7 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Gerd Wessig (GDR) Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August 1980 2.37 m (7 ft 9+1⁄4 in) Zhu...
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Nationality Result Notes Points 1 Ján Zvara Czechoslovakia 2.29 8 2 Gerd Wessig East Germany 2.29 7 3 Igor Paklin Soviet Union 2.26 6 4 Carlo Thränhardt...
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Congress. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980. The event was won by Gerd Wessig of East Germany, the first gold medal by a German athlete in the men's...
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Beilschmidt 1980: Gerd Wessig 1981: Rolf Beilschmidt 1982: Jörg Freimuth 1983: Andreas Sam 1984: Gerd Wessig 1985: Gerd Wessig 1986: Gerd Wessig 1987: Matthias...
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Spain 3:51.25 Yevgeniy Ivchenko Soviet Union 3:56.32 High jump details Gerd Wessig East Germany 2.36 m WR Jacek Wszoła Poland 2.31 m Jörg Freimuth East...
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become the first Briton since 1924 to win the Olympic 100 metres race. Gerd Wessig, who had made the East German team only two weeks before the Games, easily...
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